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This is Volume 2 of Oregon State University's Landscape Plants web site. Landscape plants (mostly woody, i.e., shrubs and trees) in this volume are listed in alphabetical order by genus, from F (Fagus) through O (Oxydendrum). From the list below select a letter which corresponds to the first letter of the genus you wish to view or, if listed, the genus itself (or search the Common Name List).

A genus of about 10 species of monoecious (male and female flowers borne on the same plant), deciduous trees
with smooth bark and slender shoots. Leaves are simple, alternate, 2-ranked, entire to dentate.
Flowers are small. Fruit a stiff hairy capsule which splits into 4 sections to
release 2, rarely 3, glossy tan-brown nuts. Native northern temperate regions. Only
one species, F. sylvania, is widely grown outside of its native range.Fagus: the Greek and Latin name for these trees.

A single intergeneric hybrid, the result of a cross between Fatsia japonica (Japanese Fatsia) and Hedera helix (English Ivy). (see below).Fatshedera: name derived from the two genera from which it was developed, namely Fatsia and Hedera.

A genus of 3 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees with foliage crowed at the branch tips. Leaves very large, leathery, palmately 7-11 lobes. Flowers in terminal clusters, in umbels, some unisexual, 5 petals. Native to eastern Asia, especially Japan, Taiwan.Fatsia: an adaptation of the Japanese name fatsi, for F. japonica.

Around 800 species of deciduous or evergreen latex bearing trees, shrubs, and woody vines. Leaves
are usually simple and alternately arranged, large variation in size. Flowers unisexual, small,
enclosed within a fleshy recetacle (the fig). The mature recetacles are of varying size and color.
Native to tropical and subtropical regions in both hemispheres.Ficus: the ancient Latin name for the edible fig.

A genus of 9 species of shrubs and trees. Leaves simple, alternate, margins entire or lobed, long petiole. Flowers unisexual, 5-parted, in terminal or axillary clusters (panicles or racemes), calyx yellow, petals absent. Fruit leaflike, leathery, dehiscing before mature, seed globose. Native to east Asia and one species in east Africa.Firmiana: after Karl von Firmian, governor of Lombardy region of Italy and supporter of the botanic garden of Padua.

About 6 species of deciduous shrubs, its branches are gold-green, have chambered pith or hollow, and covered with lenticels. Leaves opposite, usually simple, serrate or entire. Flowers are yellow and appear before leaves, corolla deeply divided into 4 parts, united as a short tube. Native to central Europe and eastern Asia.Forsythia: after William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish gardener and writer, he became the superintendent of Royal Gardens, Kensington, Palace.

A genus of two deciduous shrub species (F. gardenii and F. major) that are native to southeastern U.S. Most noticeable in spring when their bottle brush-spike flower heads appear before the leaves.

The two species are similar but Fothergilla major, relative to F gardenii,
grows to a larger size, its flower spikes tend to be larger, its leaves are about 50 percent larger, and the toothing on the leaf margin near the tip is more pronounced. In addition, F. major does not sucker, whereas F. gardenii is moderately suckering and can in time form small spreading colonies (Paul Cappiello, Bernheim Arboretum, Clermont, Kentucky).

Fothergilla: after John Fothergill (1712-80), English physician and gardener with an interest in growing American plants.

About 12 species of highly stoloniferous perennial plants. Leaves alternate, compound, 3 leaflets. Flowers white, 5-8 petals, 10-30 stamens, 10-80 carpels. Fruit many small, glabrous with achenes on the surface of an enlarged, fleshy receptacle. Native to the northern temperate zones and Chile.Fragaria: from the Latin fragrans, fragrant, alluding to the aroma of the fruit.

Most authorities (e.g., Krüssmann, G. 1976; Griffiths, 1994) describe Franklinia as a monotypic genus only containing Franklinia alatamaha (see below). The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening (Huxley, A., 1992), describes the genus as containing about 70 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees native to southeast Asia and, at one time, southeastern North America.Franklinia: after Benjamin Franklin (1706-90).

A genus of some 65 species of shrubs and trees, mostly deciduous and native to temperate regions. Leaves are opposite and compound (pinnate). Flowers are small, bisexual or unisexual, not ornamental, and appear before the leaves. Fruit is a 1-seeded samara ("key") with a flattened, thin wing (reminiscent of a canoe paddle). Females of some species bear numerous large clusters of fruit, sometimes considered unattractive and messy. Native to temperate North America, Europe, and Asia, with a few found in the tropics.Fraxinus: the Latin name for the ash.Caution:Fraxinus species native to North America are threatened by
an Asian insect, the emerald ash borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis). Emerald ash borer is an exotic
beetle that was first discovered in the U.S. in southeastern Michigan near Detroit in the summer of 2002.
The adult beetles nibble on ash foliage but cause little damage. However, the larvae
(the immature stage) feed on the inner bark of ash trees, disrupting the tree's ability to transport water
and nutrients. The insect probably arrived in the United States on solid wood packing
material carried in cargo ships or airplanes originating in its native Asia. Emerald ash borer
has become established in a large portion of North America, the area is bordered by Ontario and Quebec
on the north, Tennessee and North Carolina on the south and from the Atlantic Coast west to Minnesota
and Kansas (see http://www.emeraldashborer.info/)

Two, or possibly three, species (F. californicum, F. mexicanum, and possibly F. decumbens) of more or less broad-leaved evergreen shrubs and trees. Leaves alternate, unlobed or palmately 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed. Flowers solitary, showy, calyx petaloid, 5-lobed, 3 bract at the base of the calyx, petals absent. Native to Arizona, California and Mexico.Fremontodendron: after Major-General John C. Fremont, American explorer and plant collector in the western U.S.

A genus of over 100 species of erect, procumbent, climbing shrubs, as well as epiphytes and small to medium trees. Underground parts are sometimes tuberous or with swollen stems. Leaves alternate, opposite or in whorls. Flowers are mono or bisexual, on slender pedicels (stalks), often pendulous, perianth (calyx + corolla) tubular with a nectary at the base, 4 sepals spreading to recurved, 4 petals or absent, rolled together or spreading, 8 stamens in 2 unequal ranks. Native to Central and South America, including Mexico and Tierra del Fuego, and New Zealand and Tahiti. Most fuchsia cultivars are he result of breeding between many different species.Fuchsia: after Leonhart Fuchs, (1501-1566), German physician and herbalist.

About 18 species of evergreen trees or shrubs, dioecious, branches usually ascending, 4-sided at first, pubescent when young. Leaves opposite, simple, leathery, entire, short petiole. Small flowers in pendulous female and male catkins. Fruit is a round, leathery, dry, 2-seeded berry.Garrya: after Nicholas Garry (d. 1830) of the Hudson Bay Company, who helped David Douglas on this plant collecting trips to the Pacific Northwest.

Some 170 species of evergreen, sometimes deciduous, shrubs, often spreading by underground stems. Leaves simple, alternate, with a short petiole. Flowers white, urn-shaped, usually appear in late spring or early summer. Fruit is a capsule, often enclosed by a fleshy colored calyx. Native to North and South America, West Indies, and Japan to Australia.Gaultheria: after Jean-François Gaulthier (1708-1758), botanist and physician of Quebec.

About 90 species of shrubs, often prostrate, and small trees, mostly deciduous, but may appear evergreen because of green, flattened branchlets. Leaves simple to trifoliate, sometimes absent. Flowers usually yellow and the fruit an elliptic, flat capsule, with 2 chambers, containing small winged seeds. Native to Europe, Mediterranean to western Asia.Genista: classical Latin name for broom, used by Virgil.

A single species, a deciduous tree (Ginkgo biloba). Based on fossil evidence, this species has existed almost unchanged for over 200 million years. Native to China, and currently found wild in two locations.Ginkgo: from the Chinese yin-kuo, silver apricot, apparently from the Japanese pronunciation, ginko.

About 14 species of deciduous trees, usually with simple or branched thorns on the branches and trunks. Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate or bipinnate), with as many as 30 leaflets. Flowers small, green-white, perfect of unisexual, in axillary clusters (racemes). Fruit oblong, flat to nearly cylindrical, with many rounded seeds. Native to eastern Asia, North and South America, tropical Africa, and Iran.Gleditsia: after German botanist Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714-1786), director of the Berlin Botanical Garden and friend of Linnaeus.

Some 250 species of evergreen shrubs and trees. Leaves alternate, often toothed or lobed. Flower clusters terminal, flowers paired, tubular, subtended by a bract; often rich in nectar. Hardiness varies, but generally rather tender, some tolerate frost. A large number of hybrids and other garden forms (see the Sunset Western Garden Book for those available in California and southwestern U.S.). Native to Australia.Grevillea: After Charles F. Greville (1749-1809), co-founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and once vice-president of the Royal Society of London.

Five species of deciduous trees with thick, knotty, branches. Leaves alternate, large, compound (bipinnate), leaflets ovate and thin. Flowers green-white, in short clusters, calyx 5-lobed, 5 equal, oblong petals, 10 stamens. Fruit oblong, ultimately woody, seeds flat and hard. Native to the U.S. and China.Gymnocladus: from the Greek, gymnos, naked, and klados, branch, referring to its deciduous habit in which its stout branches are devoid of foliage for nearly half the year.

About 110 species of shrubs and small trees. Leaves alternate, leathery, often linear and needle-like, some are toothed and lobed. Flowers in short axillary clusters, flowers-paired and subtended by a common bract, often with brightly colored protruding styles; often rich in nectar. Fruit is a woody capsule containing two seeds.Hakea: for Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake (1745-1818), German patron of botany.

Only 4-5 species of deciduous shrubs or small trees, branches cylindrical (round in cross section). Leaves alternate, simple, thin petioles with stellate pubescence. Flowers in axillary clusters, white, rarely pale rose, pendulous, corolla 4-parted or 4 lobed. Fruit a dry oblong drupe with 2 or 4 longitudinal wings. Native to eastern North America and China (1 species).Halesia: after Stephan H. Hales (1677-1761), English minister-naturalist, author of Vegetable Staticks; he surmised that plants obtain part of their nutrition from the air and that sunlight may play a role in "ennobling the priciples of vegetables."

Five species of deciduous shrubs or small trees; branches and buds with stellate pubescence. Leaves resemble those of Corylus, simple, alternate, ovate to obovate, margins toothed, and base oblique, petioles short, large stipules. Flowers appear in short, axillary clusters at or after leaf fall or before new growth in spring, fragrant, calyx 4-lobed and persistent, 4 petals, linear and crumpled in the bud, to 2 cm, mostly yellow, but also red and orange. Fruit 2-parted, with 2 black seeds that are explosively released when ripe. Native to North America, Europe and Asia.Hamamelis: from the Greek for pear-shaped fruit, but apparently applied to a different plant.

About 75 species of evergreen shrubs, or even small trees. Leaves opposite, 2-ranked or decussate (leaf pairs at right angle to the pair above and below), rounded to lanceolate, short petiole or sessile, often somewhat fleshy or scale-like and closely appressed (superficially resembling a dwarf conifer in appearance, these are known as whipcord hebes). Flowers in axillary or subterminal clusters, white to pink, mauve to lilac or blue, corolla short-tubular, limb expaned, 4-lobed; 2 stamens protruding beyond the corolla (exserted). Most Hebe species are native to New Zealand, some are from Australia, Chile and isolated sites in the South Pacific.
The classification of members of this genus is confused and confusing and Phillips and Barber (1981, p.154) have expressed this as followes: "Hebe was herself a goddess, but she was also a handmaid to the senior gods, whose goblets she was required to keep filled with nectar. She seems to have been a bit of a tippler herself, for the plants she has godmothered are a pretty mixed up lot. Their morals in their antipodean settlements are decidedly promiscuous and even the botanists of New Zealand, where most of them dwell, are puzzled about their lineages."Hebe: from the Greek hebe, youth.

Some 200 or more species of shrubs and trees, as well as annuals, herbaceous perennials, and subshrubs.
Leaves alternate, palmately veined, with short petioles. Flowers usually solitary
and axillary, corolla broad campanulate, 5 petals, yellow, lavender, red, and other colors, often with a
basal purple spot. Fruit is a capsule, ovoid or oblong, 5-seeded. Native to tropical,
subtropical, and warm temperate regions. Hibiscus: the Greek name for mallow.

Three to six or more species of deciduous, dioecious trees or shrubs, most parts of which are at least initially scaly-
pubescent. Leaves simple, generally alternate, linear, willow-like. Flowers borne
before leaves on previous year's growth. Fruit globose, drupe-like, usually orange. Native to China
and Himalayas.Hippophae: classical Greek name for another plant, possibly prickly spurge (Stearn, 1996)
Hippophae is apparently classical Latin for “shining horse,” the name may have been coined long ago
after it was noted that feeding the leaves to horses improved their health and made their hair shiny.

About 100 species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs, also small trees or climbers, often with exfoliating bark when mature. Leaves simple, opposite or in whorls of 3, usually rounded-ovate, entire or toothed. Fertile flowers are rather inconspicuous, in contrast to showy infertile flowers which are usually arranged on the outer ring of the cluster (corymb or panicle). Fertile flowers are bisexual with 4-5 sepals, 4-5 petals, small, white, blue, or pink. The conspicuous part of infertile flowers is often enlarged, colored, petal-like sepals, true petals may be much reduced or absent. Fruit is a many seeded capsule. Native to China, Japan, and Himalaya, Philippines, Indonesia, and North and South America.Hydrangea: from Greek hydor, water. and aggeion, vessel; a reference to the cup-shaped fruit.

A large and diverse genus, over 400 species, consisting of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees, either evergreen or deciduous, the stems have pale or dark glands. Leaves are opposite or in whorls, usually entire or sometime fringed with glands, short petioles. Flowers solitary or in terminal or axillary clusters, bisexual, 5-parted calyx and corolla, petals yellow, numerous stamens in 5, rarely 4, equal bundles. Fruit is usually a 3-5-celled capsule. Found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, only a few species are woody shrubs.Hypericum: the Greek name, apparently from Greek, hyper, above, and eikon, a picture, it was hung above pictures to ward off evil spirits.

Over 400 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, trees, and climbers, even some epiphytes. Leaves simple, alternate, rarely opposite, margins spiny, serrate, or entire; stipules present. Flowers usually dioecious, small, axillary, solitary or in small clusters, 4-8 sepals fused at base, 3-8 petals fused at base, 4-8 stamens. Fruit a berry. Found most places, except in western North America and Australia.Ilex: from a similarity to the leaves of the evergreen oak, Quercus ilex.

About 40 species of broadleaf evergreen shrubs or trees, found in warm-temperature or subtropical regions. Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, margin entire. Flowers perfect, axillary, solitary, 3-6 sepals, petaloid, many petals. Fruit star-shaped, a whorl of 1-seeded follicles, finally dehiscent. Mostly native to southeast Asia, but two species in the US (I. floridanum and I. parviflorum).Illicium: from illicio, to attract, a reference to the fragrance.

About 10 species of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees; branches have chambered pith. Leaves alternate, simple, dentate. Flowers white, cream, or green-white, small, many per cluster (raceme or spike), 5 petals, 5 stamens. Fruit, capsule, many seeded. Native to northeastern Asia and eastern North America.Itea: Greek name for willow, a reference to the somewhat willow-like pendulous catkins.

About 200 species of deciduous or evergreen upright, climbing or twining shrubs, branches angular or cylindrical, sometimes with green bark. Leaves opposite or alternate, odd pinnate or reduced to only 1 leaflet. Flowers yellow, white or red, fragrant, in terminal or axillary clusters at branch tips, corolla with a narrow tube, 4-9 lobes, 2 stamens. Fruit a dark berry. Found in the tropics and subtropics, one species in the U.S.Jasminum: a Latinized form of yasmin, the Persian name of the plant.

Some 15 species of deciduous, monecious trees, rarely shrubs; branches have chambered pith. Leaves alternate, compound (odd-pinnate), leaflets serrate or entire, aromatic. Male flowers in axillary, long, pendulous, many flowered catkins and female flowers in few flowered, terminal spikes. Fruit (nut) is a drupe, in an indehiscent, thick pericarp; the inner shell is hard and furrowed, the seed is furrowed, edible. Native to North and South America, southeaster Europe, Asia.Juglans: from the Latin Jovi glans, from jovis, of Jupiter, and glans, acorn or nut.

Juniperus Cupressaceae
Juniper ju-NIP-er-us
Conifer, evergreen, trees or shrubs, wide variation in growth habit. Bark of truck and main branches usually thin, shredding. Leaves, opposite, needle-like or scale-like, always needle-like on young plants, mature plants may have both leaf forms. Berry-like cones, maturing to a dark blue or bluish-black, ripening in second or third year. They are some of the toughest evergreen landscape plants, and because of this they are often overused.

Seven species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or in whorls, entire, leathery, occasionally sessile. Flowers in terminal or axillary clusters, corolla is 5-lobed, pleated with 10 pouches, 10 stamens with an anther in each pouch. Native to North America and Cuba. There are two species native to the Pacific Northwest, the Bog Laurels, K. occidentalis and K. microphylla (syn. K. polifolia var. microphylla), which are low shrublets.Kalmia: after Peter Kalmia, Finnish student of Linnaeus.

Nearly 70 species on perennials with short thick rhizomes forming large clumps or a few crowns from which arise linear grass-like leaves. Form an erect scape (leafless flower stalk or peduncle) which carries a dense or lax flower cluster (raceme) on its apical quarter. The tubular flowers range from white, yellow, green, orange, to bright red.
Native to South Africa, mountains of east Africa, tropical Africa, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Yemen.

Three species of flat topped, spreading, deciduous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or bipinnate. Flowers yellow in large terminal clusters. Fruit is a bladder-like inflated capsule.
Native to China and Taiwan.Koelreuteria: after Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter (1733-1806), German professor of botany.

About 50 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs and trees. Leaves opposite, however apical ones are frequently alternate, usually ovate, base rounded, margin entire. Flowers in axillary or terminal clusters (panicles), 6 petals, often crumpled, margins undulate, rose, purple, to white, long style. Fruit is a dehiscent capsule, winged seeds.Lagerstroemia: after Magnus von Lagerstrom (1691-1759), a Swedish merchant and friend of Linnaeus.
The common name is spelt both Crape Myrtle and Crepe Myrtle. The traditional Southern spelling is "Crepe" Myrtle because the delicate flowers resemble crepe paper.

About 12-15 species of deciduous coniferous trees with spreading or pendulous branches. Leaves, needle-like, soft, thin, spiraling and widely spaced on long shoots, in dense clusters on short shoots. Female cones erect, ripening is about 6 months, green, red, or purple, than brown. Native to the Northern Hemisphere.Larix: the classical Latin name.

Five species of evergreen, xerophytic shrubs. Leaves alternate, lobed or pinnate, have gummy secretions and a distinctive creosote-like odor, especially after a rain. Flowers are solitary, yellow, 5 oblong spoon-shaped petals. Fruit rounded, soft, hairy. Native to the deserts of southwestern U.S. to South America.Larrea: after John Anthony Hernandez de Larrea, Spanish clergyman and benefactor of the sciences.

Two species of broad-leaved evergreen shrub or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, aromatic when crushed. Flowers in axillary clusters, unisexual or sometimes bisexual, female flowers with 2-4 staminoides, and male flowers with at least 12 stamens. Fruit is a black berry. Native to southern Europe (L. nobilis) and Canary Islands and Azores (L. azorica).Laurus: the Latin name for these plants.

About 45 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, and usually dentate. Flowers in axillary or terminal clusters, calyx 5-parted, corolla ovate to tubular, white, 10 stamens. Fruit a capsule, 5-valved, seeds small and numerous.Leucothoe: after Leucothoe of Greek mythology, daughter of Orchamus, king of Babylon, and "allegedly" (apparently not established in a court trial) changed into a shrub by her lover Apollo.

Four species of deciduous trees, often with corky bark on young branches and a fragrant resin. Leaves alternate, simple, long, slender stalked, palmately lobed, 3-7 lobes, margin serrate, glossy green. Flowers unisexual, male flowers lacking a calyx or corolla, female flowers with a fused calyx, also lacking a corolla, ovaries of individual flowers fused. Fruit composed of many capsules fused in a globose head.Liquidambar: from the Latin liquidus, liquid, and ambar, amber, a reference to its fragrant resin.

About 300 species of oak-like evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, entire (mostly) or dentate. Flowers unisexual, male flowers in erect, simple or branched spikes, female flowers at the base of the male spikes or in special catkins, 4-5-lobed calyx, petals absent. Fruit a hand shelled, acorn-like nut. Native to southeast Asia and Indonesia, 2 species in Japan, and one in western North America (i.e., L. densiflorus).Lithocarpus: from the Greek lithos, hard, and carpos, fruit, a reference to the hard-shelled fruit.

About 180 species of deciduous or evergreen, bushy, twining or creeping shrubs. Leaves opposite, usually simple, entire, short petiole or sessile, upper leaf pairs often fused, forming a disc. Flowers in axillary pairs or in whorls of 6 in terminal clusters, 5 sepals, corolla often tubular with 5 lobes. Fruit is black, red, yellow, or white, many seeded. Native to the Northern Hemisphere.Lonicera: after Adam Lonitzer (1528-86), a German naturalist and author of a popular herbal.

Two or three species of evergreen shrubs or small tree to 3 m. Leaves simple, alternate, to 5 cm, entire, slightly asymmetrical at the base. Flowers in terminal clusters of 6-8, calyx 4-lobed, 4 petals, whitish, long (to 2.5 cm) and strap-like. Fruit a woody capsule.Loropetalum: from the Greek loron, thong, and petalon, petal; a reference to the long, narrow petals.

Four species of evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, often elliptic, pinnately veined. Flowers single or in a cluster of three, four petals and calyx lobes. Fruit a berry, slightly spongy. Native to Argentina and Chile. These plants are sometimes listed or placed in Eugenia, Myrceugenella, or Myrtus. Luma: native Chilean name.

About 12 species of deciduous shrubs, trees, and climbers with axillary thorns. Leaves alternate, simple, and entire. Female flowers in dense heads with long filamentous styles, and small male flowers in short spikes or racemes. Fruit united into large large, globose, multiple fruit. Native to south central U.S. and Asia and Africa. Maclura: after William Maclura (1763-1840), American geologist.

About 125 species of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs. Buds silver to gray pubescent. Leaves alternate or clustered and appearing as if whorled, broadly elliptic to ovate, glossy, margin entire. Flowers large, terminal, white, rose-pink, purple, some species yellow. Native to east Asia, North and Central America, and Himalaya. Magnolia: after Pierre Magnolia (1638-1715), Professor of Botany and Director of Montpellier Botanic Gardens, France.

About 70 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees. This genus has now been included in the genus Berberis, however, in commercial horticulture these plants are still known as Mahonia. Leaves are alternate or in whorls at the top of stems, compound (usually pinnate), leaflets are sharply spiny-serrate, in opposite pairs, often glossy. Flowers are yellow, or white or maroon. Fruit are berry-like, plum-red to black. Native to the Americas and Asia.Mahonia: after Bernard McMahon (born 1816), American nurseryman.

An apple (Malus) is considered a crabapple if the diameter of its fruit is 2
inches (5 cm) or less. There are some 20-30 crabapple species. Crabapples are usually cross-fertile and freely hybridize, a plant breeders dream. The number of crabapple types (cultivars) is unknown, but it may be near 900, according to T. L. Green (Amer. Horticulturist. Feb., 1996), and some 200 are available from nursery sources. About 50 crabapples are listed in the Oregon Association of Nurserymen Buyers Guide. Crabapples are especially popular in the Midwest and eastern US. They are adaptable to varying soil conditions, but do best in a heavy loam that is well drained, moist, and acidic. Common diseases and insect pests include fireblight, cedar apple rust, apple scab, powdery mildew, canker, scale, borers, and aphids.Malus: the Latin name for apple.

Some 25 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, similar to Magnolia, however, leaf petiole bases appear swollen, flowers 9-lobed in 2 whorls, as many as 6 ovules per carpel. Native rnage from Malesia to southern China, eastern Himalaya.
Manglietia: .

Some 150 species of evergreen trees or shrubs, bark often in thin, coaky layers. Leaves alternate,
occasionally opposite, simple, from lanceolate to nearly cylindrical, with 1-3 veins, oil glands beneath in
many species. Flowers in cylindrical spikes to ovate heads, petals outspread, 5sepals, many
stamens. Fruit is a capsule, densely clustered on the branches, surrounded by the woody flower tube.
Mostly in Australia and Tasmania, one species, M. leucadendron, distributed from Australia through
the Pacific Islands to the East Indies and the Philippines.Melaleuca: from Greek, melas, black; leucos, white. Some species have
black trunks and white branches.

Only 1 species (see below).Metasequoia: from the Greek meta, with, and Sequoia.

The State Fossil of Oregon

The Oregon legislature designated the Metasequoia as the official
state fossil in 2005. Metasequoia flourished in the Miocene epoch of 25 to 5 million
years ago and left its record embedded in rocks across the Oregon landscape. While long extinct
in Oregon, paleontologists discovered living 100-foot Metasequoia glyptostroboides trees in a
remote area of China in the 1940s. Seeds were sent to Harvard University, and these were distributed
to various institutions throughout the United States, including Oregon State University. For more information
on the discovery of M. glyptostroboides, see the info section below.

Two specis of evergreen, low growing plants with tailing stems, one is native to North America (M. repens)
and the other (M. undulata) to Japan. Leaves opposite, round-ovate, glossy.
Flowers in pairs, white, fragrant. Fruit a berry-like drupe, scarlet or rarely white.Mitchella: for Dr. John Mitchell (1676-1768), correspondent of Linnaeus and botanist in Virginia..

Approximatel 12 species of deciduous,short-lived, fast growing trees and shrubs, often producing a milky sap (latex) when cut. Leaves alternate, simple, unlobed to 2-5 lobed, short petiole, turning yellow in fall. Flowers in unisexual clusters (catkins), male flowers deeply 4-parted, female flowers with a 4-part floral envelope (perianth), ovaries attached without a supporting stalk (sessile). Fruit somewhat resembling that of a raspberry, green then orange or white and red and purple. Native to North America and southen Europe to Japan and the lowland tropics of central Africa.Morus: Latin name for the balck mulberry Morus nigra.

About 35 species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees, often aromatic. Leaves simple,
alternate, short petioled, usually oblanceolate. Flowers unisexual, inconspicuous, without sepals
or petals, in dense catkins. Fruit is an ovoid or spherical drupe, gray-green to purple, sometimes
covered with resinous or waxy bloom.
Several of the Myrica have been placed in the genus, Morella [Wilbur, R.l. SIDA 16(1):
93-107(1994)].Myrica: Greek name for Tamarix.

Two species of evergreen shrubs Leaves opposite, entire, with aromatic oil glands.
White or pink flowers, 4 petals, numerous stamens. Fruit is a berry with
persistent calyx lobes. Native to the Mediterranian and North Africa.
Myrtus: the Greek and Latin name for the plants.

Long thought to contain a single species (Neviusia alabamensis), a monotypic genus, but a second species was discovered in California in 1992. Deciduous shrubs with simple, alternate leaves, and with 5 green, outspread sepals, and 50-100 stamens.
Neviusia: after Reverend D. R. Nevius (1827-1913), of Alabama, who collected N. alabamensis.

About 40 species in this genus, including evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees. Bark is generally smooth, purplish-brown and with distinct lenticels, becoming scaly or furrowed on older trees. Leaves alternate, margin entire, wavy, or toothed, 4-22 pairs of veins, number of veins and teeth used in identification. Male and female flowers. Native to southern South America, New Zealand, eastern Australia, and New Guinea.Nothofagus: from the Greek nothos, false, and Fagus. The genus is closely related to Fagus (Beech), differing in a many seeded involucre and lack of a true terminal bud.

A genus of some 20 species of long-lived evergreen trees and shrubs. Stems may be smooth, rough or spiny, and vary from golden-glabrous to silvery gray, initially very pliable, then firm and rigid, with advanced age they become gray-black and contorted. Leaves are opposite, usually with an entire margin but occasionally toothed or lobed, often gray to dark green, paler below and often glandular and silvery. The flowers are inconspicuous, white or off-white, and in terminal or axillary clusters (panicles). Fruit is ovoid or globose with a single ellipsoid stone, to about 1.5 cm long. Native to warm temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

A genus of some 130 species of evergreen shrubs, small trees and some herbaceous perennials. Leaves are simple, usually alternate, sometimes in clusters, leathery. Flowers are daisy-like, which can be white, cream, blue, lavender, purple, or pink, borne singly or in large clusters. Native to Australia and New Zealand, found in a wide range of habitats, including coastal areas, river banks and mountains scrubs.Olearia: after Adam Ölschläger (Olerius), 1603-1671.

Some 30 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, glabrous, leathery, glossy green above, small glandular depressions on the lower side, short petiole. Flowers white or yellowish, usually fragrant, calyx 4-toothed, corolla bell-shaped or tubular, limb with 4-lobes, 2-stamens. Fruit a single seeded hard shelled drupe. Native to southern U.S. (O. americanus, Devil Wood), Middle East, China and Japan.Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant Tea Olive, is one of the most popular gardens plants in China because of the fragrance of its tiny flowers. It blooms from autumn to spring, and because it is in bloom in mid-autumn, at the time of the moon festival, it has long been associated with lunar legends. To the Chinese the image visible in the full moon is an osmanthus bush (Valder, 1999).Osmanthus: from Greek osme, fragrance, and anthos, flowers.

About 9 species of deciduous trees. Leaves simple, alternate, in two rows, parallel veins, margins serrate or dentate. Male flower catkins are Carpinus- or Betula-like, but form in fall. Female flowers in terminal short spikes or catkins, 3-12 pairs of flowers, each pair subtended by a bract and each flower in a sac-like husk, which inflates on fruiting giving the cluster a hop-like appearance. Native to Europe, Asia, and North America.Ostrya: Greek for shell, a reference to the inflated husk of the fruit.

A large genus, over 800 species, of annuals, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs, often with tuberous or bulbous underground parts. Leaves usually palmately compound, often 3 leaflets, frequently folding at night. Flowers are white, pink, red, or yellow, petals are usually fused at the base, 10 stamens in two whorls, 5 styles, 5 fused carpels. Widely distributed, but South Africa and South America are centers of diversity.Oxalis: from the Greek oxys, acid, a reference to the sour taste of the leaves.